Match 12 of World Cup 2019 saw England posting a mammoth 386/6 against Bangladesh and winning by 106 runs. In the next match, New Zealand had a comfortable win against Afghanistan by seven wickets with 107 balls remaining. These two matches changed the points tables almost entirely with some new names dominating them.
Jason Roy mastered 153 off 123 and Jos Buttler smashed 64 off 44 balls. Shakib Al Hasan scored 121 off 119 balls during the chase. This well-crafted innings put Shakib at the top of the most runs table with Roy and Buttler following him at the 2nd and 3rd place respectively. Joe Root, who was earlier leading the table for a consecutive period, currently is at the 4th place after scoring 21 off 29 in the match. Mushfiqur Rahim’s 44 off 50 placed him at the 5th place.
Ross Taylor (48 off 52) and Kane Williamson (79 off 99) were instrumental as usual while chasing the target of 173 against Afghanistan. Taylor is currently at the 6th place followed by Kane at 8th.
Player | Team | R | Ave | SR | 100 | 50 |
Shakib Al Hasan | Bangladesh | 260 | 86.67 | 95.9 | 1 | 2 |
Jason Roy | England | 215 | 71.67 | 118.8 | 1 | 1 |
Jos Buttler | England | 185 | 61.67 | 136.0 | 1 | 1 |
Joe Root | England | 179 | 59.67 | 93.2 | 1 | 1 |
Mushfiqur Rahim | Bangladesh | 141 | 47.00 | 85.5 | 0 | 1 |
Ross Taylor | New Zealand | 130 | 65.00 | 90.9 | 0 | 1 |
Rohit Sharma | India | 122 | – | 84.7 | 1 | 0 |
Kane Williamson | New Zealand | 119 | 119.00 | 69.6 | 0 | 1 |
Rassie van der Dussen | South Africa | 113 | 37.67 | 83.1 | 0 | 1 |
Ben Stokes | England | 108 | 36.00 | 103.8 | 0 | 1 |
Matt Henry went wicketless to be replaced by his teammate Lockie Ferguson at the top. Ferguson took 4 wickets in 9.1 overs with 3 maidens. Jimmy Neesham had a five-wicket haul that placed him at the 3rd position. Jofra Archer scalped 3 wickets in 8.5 overs to be placed at 6th place followed by Ben Stokes at 8th. With 2 wickets against England, Mohammad Saifuddin made it to the top ten.
Player | Team | W | Ave | Econ | 4WI | 5WI |
Lockie Ferguson | New Zealand | 8 | 12.37 | 4.13 | 1 | 0 |
Matt Henry | New Zealand | 7 | 18.00 | 5.17 | 1 | 0 |
Jimmy Neesham | New Zealand | 6 | 12.67 | 5.06 | 0 | 1 |
Mitchell Starc | Australia | 6 | 12.83 | 4.52 | 0 | 1 |
Oshane Thomas | West Indies | 6 | 15.00 | 5.74 | 1 | 0 |
Jofra Archer | England | 6 | 22.50 | 5.22 | 0 | 0 |
Mohammad Saifuddin | Bangladesh | 6 | 29.33 | 7.33 | 0 | 0 |
Ben Stokes | England | 5 | 15.60 | 5.13 | 0 | 0 |
Mohammad Amir | Pakistan | 5 | 18.60 | 5.81 | 0 | 0 |
Pat Cummins | Australia | 5 | 18.60 | 5.81 | 0 | 0 |
Mehidy Hasan Miraz | Bangladesh | 5 | 31.60 | 5.26 | 0 | 0 |